Trew General Merchandise Store · Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Delano has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Delano; the top destination outside it is Athens (17%, 14 miles). Employers in Delano report 24 jobs, and 304 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home (Tennessee 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Delano: the gist
Delano is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Delano, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Delano has about 560 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Delano workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 304 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Delano quiets down on a workday
On a workday 304 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Delano on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Delano spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delano workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 253 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Delano ends
Where Delano clocks in
17% of workers
17% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Delano: what the 24 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delano, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 24. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delano’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Delano
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Delano: questions
What is the median household income in Delano?
$121,250 (±$94,418) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delano?
8.5%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delano?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delano work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (17%, 14 mi), Cleveland (17%, 18 mi), Chattanooga (10%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Delano without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delano, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delano
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.